Each participant had to gather €3500 for subscribing with which the charity Bonjour Afrique would built a school in a poor area in Dakar. Tom put one of his bikes up to be raffled and that way he paid his subscription.

According to the roadbook, they had to cover 400km but Tom says he had 536.

"The organization mainly consisted of Telenet employees and they saw in me the perfect patron." says Meeusen

It was the first time he'd been to Africa and was shocked by the contrast between rich and poor. You find great luxury hotels and a few inches further the population in poverty. [every people I know who have been to Africa tell me that actually]

He passed by baboons and hyenas.

What comes next is Mountainbike again. He'll do the first two World Cup and see how far he goes. He also has more than 20 road races in his summer programme.